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Blues Guitar Basics: Blues Scales, Licks & Soloing for Lead
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Blues Guitar Basics: Blues Scales, Licks & Soloing for Lead

Learn blues scale shapes, expressive bends, double stops, and classic blues soloing techniques across the fretboard
Created byTodd Robinson
Last updated 1/2026
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What you'll learn

  • Understand the blues scale and how it differs from the pentatonic scale
  • Play blues scale shapes across the fretboard
  • Add expressive bends, double stops, and rakes to their solos
  • Create simple, authentic blues licks
  • Improvise blues lead lines with confidence and musical intent
  • Apply blues ideas to rock, blues-rock, and pop music styles

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Course content

5 sections • 6 lectures • 1h 39m total length

  • Blues Scale Overview & Course Welcome1:25

    Students will learn:

    Understand what the blues scale is, the emotional connection to playing great blues, how it evolved from the pentatonic scale, some common misconceptions of the Blues and how this course is structured to help you start soloing with confidence.

    Lets get into it

Requirements

  • Have basic familiarity with the minor pentatonic scale (helped by earlier Todd Robinson courses)
  • Be comfortable holding a guitar and fretting notes
  • Have a guitar tuner and basic practice setup
  • A determination to develop your own Guitar sound not just "play licks"

Description

The Guitar player you always wanted to be starts here

A Complete Interactive Lead Guitar Course

Learn how to solo, improvise, and understand lead guitar with visual aids and without confusion.

The blues is the foundation of modern lead guitar — and learning how to play blues guitar properly will transform your phrasing, feel, and confidence as a soloist.

In this Starting Lead Guitar - The Blues Guitar Basics course , you’ll learn how to use the blues scale effectively, connect shapes across the fretboard, and create expressive, musical blues solos using classic lead guitar techniques.

This course is designed as a clear, structured introduction to blues lead guitar, building directly on basic pentatonic knowledge. You’ll explore blues scale shapes, box patterns, string group ideas, double stops, bends, rakes, and simple licks you can use immediately in your playing.

I’ll guide you step by step using:

  • Visual fretboard diagrams

  • Play-along demonstrations

  • Real musical examples

  • Practical soloing concepts (not just theory)

By the end of this course, you’ll understand how blues solos actually work, why certain notes sound “bluesy,” and how to confidently improvise over blues progressions.

This course is part 3 of the Todd Robinson Starting Lead Guitar series and prepares you for more advanced lead guitar concepts taught in the Full Starting Lead Guitar Course 2 like arpeggios, advanced licks and his trademark unit "Unlocking the major modes".

Lets get into it

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Who this course is for:

  • Guitarists who already play rhythm or basic scales and want to learn blues lead guitar
  • Players who know the pentatonic scale but don’t know how to make it sound musical
  • Blues, rock, and classic rock players wanting better phrasing and feel
  • Self-taught guitarists who want clarity and direction in blues soloing
  • Student who want a course that is structured and flows taught by a professional teacher NOT just random youtube videos

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